Noche en Negro brings workshops, horror passages and concerts to the centre and to El Zapillo, San Vicente and Cabo de Gata on Saturday, October 31.
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Photo: Turismo de Almería
Almería's five municipal museums —the Doña Pakyta Museum of Art, the Guitar Museum, the Casa del Poeta, the Heritage Interpretation Centre and the Arab Cisterns— will open free on Saturday, October 31, from 17.00 to 00.00, as part of the Noche en Negro promoted by the City Council through the Department of Commerce.
Music and shows in the centre
The Orquesta Ciudad de Almería (OCAL) celebrates its 25th anniversary with two performances of «Melodías bajo cuerda» from the balconies of the Casa de las Mariposas, in Puerta de Purchena, at 18.45 and 19.45. On the main stage in Puerta de Purchena, at 20.20, «Buuuh, un circo terroríficamente divertido» is performed, with the collaboration of the Asociación Provincial de Personas Sordas de Almería (Asoal).
Plaza Juan Cassinello hosts the «The Two of Us» concert with a tribute to «The Beatles» at 20.30, and Plaza de la Constitución, at 22.00, a tribute to «La Oreja de Van Gogh». Paseo de Almería adds two parades, «Nott» at 18.45 and «Funámbola» at 19.30, and the «Charanga Los Pijamas» entertains from 20.00 to 21.00.
Horror for children and adults
In Obispo Orberá two horror passages are set up: «El Bosque Encantado», for children, at the EMMA from 18.00 to 22.00, and «Acción. La última sesión», for young and adult audiences, at the Teatro Apolo from 19.00 to 00.00. In Reyes Católicos, from 17.00 to 21.00, there are face-painting, slime and gummy-worm sushi workshops run by Bóbole, and Neuroeducamos offers storytelling, masks and dances.
Also in the neighbourhoods
El Zapillo holds its activities on Thursday, October 29 from 17.00, with a pumpkin contest, horror passage, mask workshop and live music. San Vicente organises on Saturday, October 31 from 19.00 to 22.00 horror passages, balloon modelling, workshops and a 360-degree platform. Cabo de Gata does so in the plaza de la Iglesia from 16.30 to 00.30, with cooking workshops, DJ, masks, theatre and a craft market.
Parking and Sabores de Almería
5,000 tickets for one free hour will be distributed in the Telpark car parks (Oliveros, calle Real, Gerencia Urbanismo and Plaza de Toros), 1,250 for each one. The Diputación's gourmet brand, Sabores de Almería, will have six stands on Paseo de Almería, one of them the Tienda de Sabores.
No registration is needed to take part in the centre's activities, according to the municipal programme. The parking tickets are distributed at the car parks themselves.
